Contractor assured me smell would go away after house repainted, but that's not the case.

They still would have the ability to call foul on you, which you would have to defend yourself.

A great rule of thumb is to underwrite 100 deals before picking one so that you can develop another sense and start to smell out the great opportunities when you find them.

The actual war in this battle is between tech company vs MLS/brokerage.Tech company want to disturb the whole NAR/MLS monopoly that no longer relevant in 2024.

Carpet can easily get stain and will smell over time especially if the tenant has children, pets or eats in the carpeted rooms. 

The issue is, they hold all the cards.They have the guest's payment information and process refunds erroneously all the time.I had a guest complain of a smoke smell the day AFTER they checked out and claimed they never stayed in the apartment because of it.

Apparently the soot/smoke smell is very hard to get out of the remaining structure. 

I am 15 minutes from Disney, with normal traffic, and have a nice place with full 5 star ratings and we're just battling the bottom feeders here all day long. 

Then go ahead and place that document (LOI and PoF) in an envelope and mail it to the PO Box in Pennsylvania, again dated the current date. 9 times in 10, this is where all their other bills go, so it's a mailing address they actually check.If the listing broker is doing their job, then there's no harm and no foul.

If you found yourself in a legal battle over pick your scenario, you could save money by being your own council or you could hire a professional to get you the best chance of things ending in your favor.